Reports have surfaced in the Japanese press that TSMC has quit on its bid to buy Toshiba's rather precious NAND-flash business, leaving Foxconn in the lead position. Foxconn has offered to pony-up 3 trillion Yen (around $30 billion), or $21.2 billion more than what Reuters had reported as the sought-after …
Read More »New Microsoft Surface Pro 5 details leak out
There have been quite a few Microsoft Surface rumours lately, most of which have surrounded the future of the Surface Book. However, this week, the rumour mill has turned its attention to the Surface Pro 5 instead, with reports this week revealing a few details about Microsoft's upcoming tablet. According …
Read More »YouTube to stop allowing monetisation on channels with less than 10K views
Over the last couple of weeks, there has been a lot of controversy surrounding YouTube and advertisers pulling out of the platform. Apparently, YouTube's algorithm has been placing ads from big brands on videos containing objectionable content. In an effort to try and stop this from happening in the future, …
Read More »Qualcomm wants the FTC’s anti-competition lawsuit dismissed
Recently, Qualcomm has been finding itself in quite a bit of trouble with regulators in various countries. The chip maker was recently fined a huge sum of money over anti-competitive practices in South Korea and now, the FTC is also on the case in the US, with Apple being one …
Read More »Amazon to spend $70 million refunding parents charged for in-app purchases
Over the last few years, there have been plenty of horror stories going round of children being left unattended with smartphones or tablets and running up crazy charges on in-app purchases. Amazon was even taken to court over this particular issue, after the FTC received complaints from parents in the …
Read More »ASUS Announces New ROG Products At Berlin Event
New Republic Of Gamers products announced and we were at the ASUS Berlin event to get the juicy details ...
Read More »ASUS showcase ROG Poseidon GTX 1080ti
The Greek god of the sea and earthquakes will strike you down if you don't check this reveal out ...
Read More »Head down to MSI’s fan day and you could win some big prizes
If you happen to be an MSI fan and need something to do on Saturday the 8th of April, then you may want to check out MSI's fan day. This public event will be taking place at the recently opened Fnatic BUNKR in London and will give you the chance …
Read More »Microsoft will be selling its own ‘edition’ of the Samsung Galaxy S8
Earlier this week, Samsung officially unveiled the Galaxy S8. While we knew a lot about the device well in advance, there were some surprises. Firstly, was the announcement of Samsung DeX, which we went in to detail on yesterday. The second surprise though, was that Samsung had teamed up with …
Read More »61% of KitGuru readers polled own Nvidia graphics
On Monday we ran a little public poll on our Facebook page. Around 2,000 readers answered and today, as promised, we share the results. No, This is not an AMD versus Nvidia editorial because that always gets much too heated and people end up arguing over nothing. We simply wanted …
Read More »Support for 3DMark and PCMark Vantage ends next month
As Microsoft gears up to officially drop support for Windows Vista, today Futuremark also confirmed that it would be dropping support for 3DMark Vantage and PCMark Vantage on the same day. These decade old benchmarks were designed around Vista back in the day and with just 1.12 percent of users …
Read More »Surface Book 2 and Surface Pro 5 may not appear next month after all
It looks like Microsoft's upcoming Surface Book 2 might take a bit longer than expected. We previously heard rumours that Microsoft might be planning to launch its next-generation laptop at its next event in April but reports this week point towards that not being the case, with reliable sources coming forward …
Read More »Cyberpower, Cooler Master and BattleBot at Maker’s Faire
Newcastle's Life Science Centre will be the home of a hands-on technology event called Maker's Faire on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd of April 2017. Enthusiasts of all ages are invited along to be inventive, creative, explorative and down right playful. Cooler Master will be there with an unusual challenge and …
Read More »BT fined £42 million for late broadband installations
It looks like Ofcom and BT are still slugging out out as this week, the telecoms regulator hit BT with a £42 million fine and ordered the company to set aside £300 million to compensate competing ISPs, which have been held back by slow upgrades and BT/Openreach's failure to meet …
Read More »Konica Minolta Unveils the Future of Work, Or At Least Its Version
Konica Minolta invited us to an event called Spotlight Live about the “rise of the cognitive company and the evolution of employment”.
Read More »Samsung doubles down on curved TVs while Sony and LG bail out
While other TV makers are giving the Curved TV craze a rest, Samsung is doubling down. This year, LG and Sony have already opted to start producing less curved displays but over in South Korea, Samsung is cooking up a batch of 22 new models for 2017. According to a …
Read More »CeBIT 2017: ASUS, Cooler Master, be quiet! and more
We had the opportunity to attend CeBIT 2017 yesterday and while we were there, we checked out as many booths as we could. We have already published our coverage of Antec and Deepcool but today, we are giving you the lowdown on everyone else that was there, including ASUS, Cooler …
Read More »Ofcom wants UK ISPs to automatically pay customers back whenever connections go down
It looks like Ofcom has some new ideas in mind for UK-based internet providers as this week, the regulator put forward a new proposal under which ISPs would be required to give customers compensation for loss of connection, slow repairs and missed engineering appointments. The proposal, which is bound to upset …
Read More »CeBIT 2017: Antec unveils new Cube Mini-ITX chassis and Mercury AIO cooler
Our CeBIT coverage continues, we already had the chance to swing by the Deepcool booth earlier today and now, we have also had a chance to see what Antec has brought to the show. This year, Antec is showing off some newly updated liquid coolers, alongside a new Cube Mini-ITX …
Read More »CeBIT 2017: Deepcool shows new liquid cooling cases and RGB fans
CeBIT 2017 has kicked off this week and we have Leo Waldock there reporting straight from the show floor. Today, we got a chance to check out the Deepcool booth, where there were new liquid cooling cases and RGB fans on display. The RGB fans in particular seem reminiscent of …
Read More »Microsoft’s massive service outage has been fixed
A few weeks ago, Microsoft services suffered an outage, affecting services like Skype, Outlook, Office 365, Xbox Live and more. This week, those service outages appear to be popping up again, with users across Europe and the US complaining about issues connecting to Microsoft services. These issues first appeared yesterday …
Read More »Someone has created a Game Boy emulator for the Apple Watch
At this point, it seems that software tinkerers will stick an emulator on just about anything. Previously we have seen versions of Windows, Doom and even Minecraft running on smartwatches and now, you can turn the Apple Watch into a Game Boy if you really wanted to. This week, iOS …
Read More »‘Porn for Geeks’ producer on why the Digital Economy Bill will kill British business
British porn producer Harriet Sugarcookie is no stranger to overreaching and economically damaging laws. Two years ago she moved her flourishing business overseas to avoid the talons of moral grandstanding on the part of UK legislation and has been very successful since. Now though, while she sees the Digital Economy …
Read More »Kingston and Samsung are dominating the global SSD market
Over the years, the SSD market has become very saturated, with a ton of companies all competing for market share. However, it looks like we have three clear standouts based on global sales from 2016, with Kingston and Samsung making up the two top SSD sellers worldwide. According to statistics put …
Read More »be quiet! is giving away a GTX 1070-powered gaming rig
If you are in the market for a new gaming system and are willing to try your luck, then you may want to take a look at the latest giveaway from be quiet!. This week, to celebrate the success of its Pure Base 600 case, be quiet! has put together …
Read More »Intel is buying Mobileye’s self-driving car firm for $15 billion
Following a slew of rumours published on the web earlier this morning, Intel has confirmed its plans to acquire Mobileye, a company that specialises in self-driving cars and has teamed up with the likes of Tesla and BMW in the past. The Israeli firm will be bought in a deal currently …
Read More »BT and Openreach are being legally separated
Over the years, BT has often come under fire for its operation of Openreach, the backbone of the UK's internet infrastructure. Upgrades to the lines have been slow and other ISPs who rely on OpenReach have also accused BT of providing a poor service. Now, after a lengthy regulatory battle, …
Read More »Qualcomm and Microsoft team up, demonstrate Windows Server running on ARM
It looks like Qualcomm and Microsoft are teaming up this year to bring huge performance gains to the Microsoft Azure Cloud platform. This newly announced partnership will see the Azure Cloud boosted by Qualcomm's Centriq 2400 platform, which is now powered by 10 nanometer processors, though this particular collaboration should …
Read More »Microsoft’s service-wide log-in issues should now be fixed
Update: Yesterday, we learned that many users across the world were having issues with Microsoft's account-based services, with customers unable to login to Xbox, Outlook, Office 365 and even Skype. At the time, we didn't have official acknowledgement from Microsoft on the wide-spread issue but today, the company finally got …
Read More »Samsung ushers in policy changes following government bribery scandal
Following last week's arrest of acting head and heir to Samsung Lee Jae-yong, the company has finally spoken out on the bribery charges. It turns out Samsung's head was embroiled in a bribery scandal involving politicians over in South Korea, in response, Samsung is now promising greater transparency and oversight with …
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